Name: Mali National Anthem for Brass Quintet (arr. Keith Terrett) by Keith Terrett Brass Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
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Mali National Anthem for Brass Quintet (arr. Keith Terrett)
by Keith Terrett Brass Quintet - Digital Sheet Music

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An arrangement of the national anthem of Mali for brass quintet, there is also a version for String Orchestra in store.

The anthem was written by Seydou Badian Kouyaté around the time of the dissolution of the Mali Federation with Senegal in 1960, which left Mali without a flag or anthem. In a 2010 interview, Kouyaté stated that President Modibo Keïta had been passing through his locality when he approached Kouyaté and asked him to create a song to help the youth remember Malian pre-independence politician Mamadou Konaté. Kouyaté created a song called "Ô jeunesse, c'est le jour de l'Afrique, belle espoir". Keïta then called Kouyaté and told him to try creating something for the national anthem. Kouyaté made a draft for a national anthem and sang it with Keïta, who was pleased with it. Kouyaté stated that Keïta had previously received a proposal for a national anthem by a European pianist residing in the Malian capital, Bamako, but he rejected it, because he wanted something that had an aura of Africa and Mali. Kouyaté reworked an air dating back to the 13th century and the Mali Empire.[2] The musical arrangement is credited to jeli Banzumana Sissoko.

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